An apparatus for routing trading orders comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores first trading information associated with a first buy order placed with a first market center. The first buy order is associated with a product and the first trading information comprises a disclosed quantity of the product and a reserved quantity of the product. The memory also stores second trading information associated with a second buy order placed with a second market center. The second buy order is associated with the product and the second trading information comprises a disclosed quantity of the product and a reserved quantity of the product. The processor is coupled to the memory and receives a sell order associated with a quantity of the product. The processor further cancels at least a portion of the second buy order placed with the second market center for placement with the first market center. The canceled portion of the second buy order is determined based at least in part upon the second trading information. The processor further routes at least one additional sell order to the first market center having a quantity that is based upon at least one of the first trading information and the canceled portion of the second buy order.
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2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second market center different from the first market center is a non-cooperative market center that does not transmit information related to the reserved quantity to the at least one processor.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first market center is a cooperative market center that transmits reserved quantity information to the at least one processor.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second market center comprises at least one of an electronic communication network, an alternative trading system, and a market maker.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second market center different from the first market center is a non-cooperative market center that does not transmit information related to the reserved quantity to the at least one processor.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first market center is a cooperative market center that transmits reserved quantity information to the at least one processor.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the second market center comprises at least one of an electronic communication network, an alternative trading system, and a market maker.
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